Cyr. 245 (P507658)

Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 032862

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
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  • primary: Cyr., 245

    [Strassmaier1890Cyrus] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1890. Inschriften von Cyrus, König von Babylon (538-529 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.

  • history: BM Guide 1908, p. 212

    [BMGuide1908] A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 1908. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

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  • Museum No.: BM 032862
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  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Cyrus.07.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-11-18 at 13:44:57 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2017-12-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Cyr. 245 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P507658.
Cyr. 245 artifact entry (No. P507658). (2024, November 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507658 (Original work published 2017)
Cyr. 245 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507658 (Accessed: June 20, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 18},
	title = {Cyr. 245 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507658},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507658},
}


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